Iraqi Security

The Israeli Air Force announced the implementation of raids on 25 sites belonging to Hamas in Gaza, according to a statement issued on Tuesday evening.

According to the statement, the raids were carried out on sites including warehouses for marching and launcher aircraft to produce missiles, advanced naval means of warfare, military sites, training camps and weapons production sites.

According to media reports, Israeli forces launched air strikes on positions in the northern Gaza Strip, while rockets and shells were fired from Gaza towards Israeli settlements.

The spokesman of the Palestinian government, Youssef Mahmoud, called for “urgent and rapid international intervention to ensure” the cessation of aggression and serious Israeli attacks. ”

The UN Security Council is meeting on Wednesday to discuss Palestinian rocket and missile attacks on Israel at the request of the United States.

The Pentagon is working behind the scenes on a plan to push NATO to send more troops to Iraq to help maintain security in the country, the Washington Times reported on Wednesday. As they put it. “The Pentagon is working on a plan to make NATO allies play an important role in maintaining security in Iraq as the US military renews its mission for a longer period against a militant organization in the region,” the paper said in a report.”

US Defense Secretary James Matisse plans to present the new plan at a NATO meeting in Brussels next month, calling for more NATO troops to be sent to support the new mission,” Pentagon sources said. “The amendment, which has not yet been announced, will reshape Iraq’s mission on a longer-term mission and a more multi-national campaign similar to the current US operations in Afghanistan, with emphasis on strengthening Iraqi security forces,” she said, quoting US officials. “Details of the plan, including the potential role of NATO, are still being drafted by strategists close to US Defense Secretary James Matisse,” the paper said. ”

The sources within the Ministry of Defense indicated that the proposed changes in the mission of Iraq is not a response to the worsening situation on the ground, and no indication that the elements in Iraq or in neighboring Syria is preparing to return again.

The Directorate of Environment and Forests in Sulaymaniyah announced on Tuesday the arrest of seven fishermen to overcome the decision to prevent fishing during the breeding season.

The Directorate said in a statement received by Alsumaria News a copy of that “a security force was able to arrest seven fishermen when they were fishing in a river in the area of ​​Charzur in Sulaymaniyah,” indicating that “their cars were seized and fishing equipment and supplies that were in their possession.”

The Directorate added that “the arrest of fishermen came to overcome the decision to prevent fishing during the breeding season,” pointing out that “were referred to the judiciary.”

It is noteworthy that the competent authorities in the Kurdistan region to prevent fishing during the breeding season began from April until June.

The Baghdad Operations Command announced on Tuesday the arrest of two Iraqi army officers. The command said in a statement received by Alsumaria News, a copy of it that “the joint detachments belonging to the Baghdad Operations Command arrested two people, the suicide of two officers in the Iraqi army, one of them the rank of advance and the rank of captain.”

“The first suspect was arrested in the district of Sabkar and the other in al-Mansour area,” it said. “They were referred to the competent authorities to receive their fair punishment.”

The security forces are able to periodically carry out raids and searches, during which they can arrest wanted persons for “terrorist” and criminal offenses in various parts of the country.

The head of the border crossings, the head of the fifth region in the Iraqi Border Guard Command Major General Hazza, held a meeting with a Saudi delegation, including field commanders headed by Major General Mohammed bin Abdullah al-Shehri, at the Arar border post to discuss relations between the two countries.

“A number of field commanders from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, headed by Major General Mohammed bin Abdullah al-Shihri, together with a number of officers of various ranks, visited yesterday the Arar border post,” spokesman Mohammed al-Shuweili said in a statement. Noting that “was received by Major General Hazza commander of the fifth area to lead the border guards and the assistant director of the port with a number of officers of the Iraqi Border Guard Command.”

He added that “the two sides held a lengthy meeting inside the port, where the relations were discussed between the two countries “He pointed out that” the meeting praised the good relations between the two countries, and the field leaders from the Saudi side expressed their satisfaction for this fruitful meeting.”

The United States on Monday night banned the UN Security Council from calling for an investigation into the Israeli massacre in the Gaza Strip, and the White House refused to urge Israel to exercise restraint.

Diplomatic sources said that Washington prevented the adoption of a statement to the Security Council calling for an independent investigation into the bloody events in Gaza, where the draft statement also condemned the shooting that killed 59 Palestinian civilians.

“There is no justification for the recklessness and indifference shown by Hamas by inviting people to engage in violence that puts them at grave risk,” a White House official said .

He also refused to urge Israel to exercise restraint against protesters in Gaza, saying that Israel has the right “to defend itself.”

The UN Security Council said in a draft statement that the council “expresses its anger and regret over the killing of Palestinian civilians exercising their right to peaceful protest” and calls for an independent and transparent investigation to ensure accountability.

“The Security Council expresses its deep concern at recent developments in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967, including East Jerusalem, particularly in the context of peaceful protests in the Gaza Strip and tragic civilian casualties,” the draft said.

The Security Council calls upon all parties to exercise restraint in order to avoid further escalation and calm, according to the draft.

The Security Council called on “all States not to take any steps further aggravating the situation, including any unilateral and illegal measures that undermine the prospects for peace.”

According to the draft, any decisions and actions “that would change the character, status or demographic composition of the holy city of Jerusalem have no legal effect,” referring to the United States’ decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

The Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Tuesday to discuss the situation in the Palestinian territories, at the request of Kuwait as the only Arab member of the Council.

“I am particularly concerned about the news coming from Gaza and that a large number of people have been killed,” UN Secretary General Antonio Guterich was quoted by the Associated Press as saying.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid bin Ra’ad al-Hussein said on Twitter that “the shocking killing of dozens and hundreds of injuries caused by the use of live ammunition by Israel in Gaza must stop now.”

The United States officially transferred its embassy to the city of Jerusalem yesterday, on the impact of the “Black Monday Massacre” carried out by Israel in the Gaza Strip, and killed 53 Palestinian martyrs, and about 2300 wounded, and witnessed the transfer of the embassy from Tel Aviv, Urgent today, at the request of the Palestinians, and the international and Arab condemnation and calls for “restraint”.

Saudi Arabia has strongly condemned the targeting of unarmed Palestinian civilians, resulting in dozens of deaths and injuries. He stressed the need for the international community to shoulder its responsibilities to stop the violence and protect the brotherly Palestinian people, reiterating the kingdom’s steadfastness towards the Palestinian issue and supporting the Palestinians in restoring their legitimate rights in accordance with international legitimacy resolutions and the Arab peace initiative. The Israeli embassy in Gaza and the massacre of the Palestinians in Gaza, the wounds of the Palestinians on the eve of the commemoration of the Nakba, rose and the level of anger and frustration rose as the number of victims rose on this bloody day, in addition to bias and American tampering with their rights and suffering. Israel’s right to defend itself.

The Palestinians were not convinced that President Donald Trump, in a letter recorded at the opening ceremony of the embassy, ​​said his country “remains fully committed to facilitating a permanent peace agreement” between the Palestinians and Israel. “Our greatest hope is peace,” and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo “The United States is no longer an intermediary in the Middle East” after the transfer of its embassy to Jerusalem, stressing that the embassy is a “US settlement outpost” in Jerusalem. The Palestinian government demanded “immediate and urgent international intervention” to stop what it called the “terrible massacre” carried out by Israel in the Gaza Strip.

While Israeli leaders were celebrating with US officials the “great day” and the inauguration of the embassy in Jerusalem’s “Talpiot” neighborhood, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked the US president and reassured him that he had “entered history,” the occupation forces fired excessive fire on peaceful demonstrators protesting the transfer of the embassy. As if this were not enough, the Israeli army launched an air strike on “five terrorist targets in a Hamas military training camp” in the northern Gaza Strip “in response to the violent actions committed by the movement in the last hours.”

In this atmosphere, the Supreme National Authority announced the return of the siege and the closure of the activities of the “million return and break the siege” and evacuated all the places near the border fence to save the lives of Palestinians, without the demonstrators able to cross the border, and declared a comprehensive strike today in the territories Palestinian mourning for the lives of martyrs. A spokesman for the Ministry of Health Ashraf al-Qadra killed 53 Palestinians, and wounded more than 2410, including 1200 live bullets and explosive. The Interior Ministry in Gaza said that among the martyrs were four of its employees.

In what appeared to be a rejection of Egypt’s “offer” to Hamas politburo Chief Ismail Haniyeh during a brief visit to Cairo on Sunday, the group vowed after a meeting with Palestinian factions to “drop the deal of the century.” “Jerusalem is a red line,” Khalil al-Hayya, a member of the movement’s political bureau, told a news conference in Gaza. “The march of return is continuing and we support it … and our people will not retreat.” He condemned the Israeli massacre, saying that “the blood of martyrs washed away the shame of normalization and the printing press” and that the response to the massacre “must be an Arab and Islamic uprising.” He vowed that “the enemy will pay the price for this killing,” and the continuation of “chasing the enemy” and “protecting the return marches.”

As the Arab League Council holds an emergency meeting on Jerusalem tomorrow at the level of permanent representatives to discuss ways to counter the illegal decision of the United States to transfer its embassy to Jerusalem, Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyadh Mansour and Kuwaiti Ambassador to the Security Council Mansour Ayad Al-Otaibi To an urgent session that is likely to be today, after consultations yesterday with the President of the Security Council for the month of the current Polish Ambassador Joanna Ronica.

Mansour said that the decision to refer the Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people to the International Criminal Court, will be discussed at the level of the Palestinian Council during a meeting scheduled yesterday. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterich also expressed “deep concern over any unilateral action” in Palestinian-Israeli affairs, stressing that “Jerusalem is one of the final status issues that must be resolved through negotiations.”

The Iraqi F16 aircraft on Monday launched a new strike targeting a headquarters and logistical support for terrorist gangs in the southern region of Deishheh in Syrian territory. The Iraqi Information Center said in a statement that “the Iraqi F16 planes hit a headquarters and logistical support for gangs And the efforts of the Air Force to lead the joint operations in this process.”

The center pointed out that” the operation was crowned by the commander-in-chief Of the armed forces Haider Ebadi, coordination and supervision of the Joint Special Operations Command “Iraqi aircraft .ouget earlier in two air strikes on Daesh sites in Aldashahh area inside Syrian territory.

The Wasit Governorate police decided on Thursday to impose a curfew on vehicles in the province after midnight, after announcing earlier that there was no curfew.

The director of relations and information of the police leadership Wasit Captain Hassan Awad said in an interview with Alsumaria News that “according to an urgent telegram, it was decided to apply a ban on the roaming of bicycles and wheels of all kinds within the province and between the neighboring provinces.”

Awad explained that the ban “starts at 12 pm, until further notice.”

The police chief of Wasit province, Major General Qassim Rashed Zwaid , had confirmed earlier Friday that all polling stations are fully insured, noting that there is no curfew in the province on Saturday coincide with the day of general elections.

It is scheduled to start on Saturday, the twelfth of May in all governorates, the general legislative elections for the selection of members of the Federal Council of Representatives in its fourth legislative session.